Shield for locomotive shaker-levers



E. L. BRINGMAN.

SHIELD FOR LOCOMOTIVE SHAKER LEVEHS.

APPLICATION FILED lAN.3l, 1919.

Patented Nov. 9, 1920.

with the nAnnL. seiner/ran, or MARsHALL'roWN, IOWA.

SHIELD FOR LOCOMOTIVE SHAKER-LEVERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 9, 1920.

I Application filed January 31, 1919. Serial No. 274,220.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Earn L. BRINGMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marshalltown, in the county of Marshall and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shields for Locomotive Shaker-levers, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention has reference generally to improvements in shields and more particularly relates to a shield for locomotive shaker levers.

It is the primary aim and object of this invention to provide device of the above mentioned character designed to be connected to the furnace and floor of a locomotive beneath the firedoor and positioned about the shaker mechanism forthe grate in consequence causing a saving of fuel by preventing it from falling onto the shaker mechanism subsequently falling on the track bed.

It is an additional and equally important object of this invention to provide a device of the above mentioned character designed to be arranged about the shaker mechanism and constructed to accommodate the levers or handles in such a manner as to permit of free operation of the latter when it is desired to shake the grate and as a result prevent large pieces of coal from clogging and interfering with an easy operation of the shaker mechanism.

Among the other aims and objects of this invention may be recited the provision of a device of the above mentioned character wherein the number ofparts are comparatively few, the construction simple, the cost of production low and the efficiency high. I

Other objects, as well as the nature,characteristic features and scope of this invention will be more readily apparent from the.

following description taken in connection accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims, forming a part of this specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the device applied about the shaker mechanism, and

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional detail view on the line 2-2 of Fig. l, the shaker mechanism being shown in elevation.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary plan view of the shield detached.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the above described views,

and passing therethrough into the track bed (not shown), the purpose of the shield being to save fuel and prevent coal from interfering with an easy operation of the shaker mechanism.

The shaker mechanism may be generally stated as comprising a mounting 6, connected to the furnace 2 for operably supporting therein a shaft 7 from which depend arms 8, there being only one shown in Fig. 2, of the drawing, and the lower end of this arm is in turn connectedwith a link 9 having connection with a series of rocking bars B of a fuel feeding grate A of. any'ordinary construction located within the furnace.

Each of the arms 8 has formed thereon'a hand lever 10 which extends upwardly from said shaft 7 for manual manipulation. At one side of each lever 10 is a stationary post 1.1, which projects from the mounting 6, and has pivotally connected thereto a swinging catch 12 for latching the lever 10 to prevent accidental movement thereof. j j

The catches 12 are bifurcated at their free ends to straddle the levers lO when swung to engage therewith, and the engagement of the catches 12 withthe levers l0 prevent the moving of said levers. When each catch 12 is to be releasedfrom the lever 10 adjacent thereto the said catch 12 is swung upwardly and laterally on itspivot away fromthe lever 10., sothatthe same is free for manual manipulation to actuate the grate bars of the gratein the furnace.

The shield in the present instance may be said to consist of a main cover plate 13 and spaced side plates 14. The main cover plate includes an inclined portion 15 provided with a series of vertical-slots 16 designed to be arranged about the handle levers 10 and also provided at the sides of the slots with substantially rectangular openings El? dc tinues from. the inclined portion 15 and issigned to be arranged about the posts. In

this connection the catches 12 are disen gaged from the posts to permit oi theapplication of the inclined portion oi the main plate thereabont and are subsequently con nected to the posts so as to lie on top of the inclined portion. upper portion 18 conformed at its upper edge with a substantially vertically disposed furnace engaging flange 19 designed to be fastened. thereto through the instrumentality of suitable fasteners 20. The lower portion 21 of the n ain' plate continues. from the inclined portion and is vertically disposed with respect to the floor or platform 1 being formed with a horizontally extending floor engaging flange 22. Opposed flanges 23 project fl'OIll the side edges of the main plate 13 and are engaged by'theadjacent upper edges of the side plates i l which are secured thereto by suitable fastening devices 24-. Floor-enflanges extend horizontally from the lower edges of the side plates 14 as indicated at 25 To further facilitate the retention of the side plates, the same are provided with openings so as to be arr'anged'about the projecting reduced portions of the'shai t 7 and these reduced portions are engaged by gbeneath fjthe door 3 any suitable retaining devices such as a nut 26. In using the device, it isbelieved to be apparent that inasmuch asit is disposed coal which accid'entallyffalls from the shovel when the furnace is being fired will, instead'ot falling on the; shaker inechanisi n asis usually the case, strike the "shield 5 and be directed toward the floor l. in thi's'inanner coal will not become wasted by passing by the shaker mechanism and falllng on the track 7 bed and moreover will notclog theshalrer eration thereof;

shieldso that they may be used in the usual manner and removably' associated with the echanisin thereby interfering with the opit is also apparent that owing to the slots 16, when thecatches 12ers disengaged from the levers, the levers may be reciprocated for the shaking of the grate. The openings 170i course permit of the disposition ofthe catches exteriorly of the handle levers to hold the levers and conse- 'the hereto appended claims.

that the advantages or the invention will be readily apparent.

Still further embodiments of the inven tion than those herein especially defined may be resorted to as conditions or preferencemay dictate, as may be in keeping with Having thus fully described the invention what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. A shield of the character described including aniain cover plate provided with vertical slots and} openings positioned to the. sides of the slots forrespectively accommodating the shaking handle levers and lever 'catch supporting posts of a grate shaking mechanism, attaching flanges on the main plate, and side plates secured to the sides of the main plate.

'2, A shield of the character described in l-GO eluding a main cover plate provided with vertical slots. and openings positioned to the sides of the slots for respectively accommodating the handle levers and lever catch supportlng posts of a grate shaking mechanism, attaching flanges on the upper and lower edges of the main plate, other flanges projecting from the side edges of the main 'plate,*and side plates fastened to the last mentioned flanges for cooperating with the cover plate in preventing coal et cetera from lodging n or passlng by the shaking mechan sm, 7 p p 3 A shield for the shaking mechanism, of

an inclined body'p'ortion provided'with a plurality of vertical slots and openings positioned to the sides of the slots for respea tivelyacconnnodating the handle levers and the lever catch supporting posts of the Shahing mechanism the upper portion or" the plate being adapted to continue from the main portion toward'the 'furnace or" the locomotive, and formed with an attaching flange, and the lower portion adapted to continue frorncthe inclined portion toward the floor of the cab of a locomotive and provided with an attaching flange, other flanges projecting from the opposite side edges of the main plate, said plates designed to close the space between the main plate, the furnace and the floor of the cab of the locomotive, and means for detachably fastening the side plates to the last mentioned flanges on the main plate.

In testimony whereof, I ail-1X my signature hereto. 7 a

BRINGMAN.

a locomotive including a main plate having 

